Brush



BRUSH Filed April 13, 1922 1% f "0 n as 25 M" n 1 j INVENTOR.

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JBTRUEH.

Jtpplicatiun filed April 13,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, dairies COLLIER, a Clilb zen of the United Ettates,and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin,have invented new and useful improvements in Brushes, of which the fol:lowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to brushes ticularly to brushes for polishinghardwood floors which have been covered with wax. Brushes now on themarket are formed with a castiron body in order to produce the itnecessary weight to perform the polishing operation without the operatorexerting a pressure on the brush. These iron brushes are satisfactory inmany respects, but the expense incident to the manufacture of these 20brushes makes the cost of the same prohibitive.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a brushparticularly adapted for polishing floors or the like in which the asweight is contributed by forming the body of the brush of cement orother similar material. Tn this connection the invention contemplates amethod ofconstructing brushes of this general type.

In the accompanying specification and drawings one illustrativeembodiment of the invention will be described and shown so that thoseskilled in the art may readily appreciate the advantages of theinvention.

Tn the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a brush con structed in accordance withthis invention,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the brush,

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the brush, and,

Fig. i is a sectional view of the mould used in manufacturing the brush.

The construction of the brush can be best described by describing themethod of moulding the same. Tn this connection a mould is providedhaving an enlargement 11 at the bottom thereof. A cast metal reinforcingmember 12 is placed in the bottom of the mould, this reinforcing memberbeing substantiall t l-shaped in plan view, as clearly illustrated inFig. 4t. Formed on this reinforcing member are a pair of cars 10 andpar- 1922. Eerial lilo. 5522058.

13 which are inverted in Fig. 4t and extend into recesses formed in theenlargement 11 of the mould. Projections 1& extending upwardly from thebottom of the mould provide openings in the body of the brush adapted toreceive securing bolts in a manner to be later described.

In forming the brush the cement or other similar material is poured intothe mould and when the same sets or becomes hard the resulting productis a body 15, in which there is embedded the reinforcing member 1 12.The projections 14 have provided apertures 16 extending verticallythrough the body 15.

The brush further comprises a back 17 provided with bristles 18. Thisback is secured to the body by bolts 19 passing through the back 17 andthrough the apertures 16 formed in the body 15.

A handle 20 may be secured to the body 15 by means of a bail 21 loopedinto the ferrule 22 of the handle and held in place by a screw 28passing thcrethrougl. lit slot 24 formed in the lower end of the handleenables the looped end of the bail to extend upwardly into the handle.The ends of the bail 21 enter apertures formed in the ears l3 projectingfrom the reinforcing member 12. This structure provides a pivotalconnection bet-ween the handle and the brush and insures a durable,cheap and easily detachable connection between these parts. The outeredge of the back 17 is preferably provided with a piece of felt or othersimilar material 25 to prevent marring of the furniture.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a brush is provided whichwill have all of the advantages of a brush of the iron type nowgenerally in use, which however, will have the added advantage that itmay be cheaply and easily constructed. The body of cement or othersimilar material cons tributes the weight necessary for an efficientbrush of this type. Tf the back 17 carrying the bristles 18 becomesbroken or the bristles worn, the same may be removed and a new backcarrying the bristles substituted, whereby the life of the body of thebrush may be material lengthened.

F fhile the illustrative example of this invention, and the describedmethod of constructing the same has proven efficient, I do not Wish tobe unnecessarily limited to the details described herein but reserve theright .to make such changes and modifica- Lions in construction andmethod of constructing; as may come Within the purview of theaccompanying claims:

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is:

1. In a brush of the class described a moulded body of cementiticusmaterial, a reinforcing member moulded therein, ears projecting from,said reinforcing member, a brush back removably secured to said body anda handle pivotally connected to said ears.

2. In a brush of the class described a moulded cement body, areinforcing member moulded therein, ears formed on said reinforcingmember and projecting from the top of said body, a brush back removablysecured to said body, a handle and a bail secured to said handle andpivotally connected to said ears for securing said handle to said body.

3. in a brush oi. the class described, a. moulded body of cement, areinforcing member moulded therein, ears formal on said reinforcinmember and projecting; beyond the upper e oi? said body, said body beingformed with vertically extending openings, a back, bristles in saidback, bolts passing through said back and through the apertures in saidbody for reinovably securing said back thereto, a handle provided with aslotted end and a ierrule, a bail looped in the said ferrule. a boltthrough said ferrule and engaging the looped end of said bail, the freeends of said bail entering apertures fern'ied in said ears for piyotallysecuring said handle to said body.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature.

JAMES COLLIER.

